St. Bartholomew's Hospital begin on Tuesday, June 5, and will continue throughout the ensuing week. From the hospital's point of view the principal events in the celebrations will be the publication of a Commemorative Volume with an outline of its history and its needs, edited by Sir D'Arcy Power ; the preparation of architectural plans for its gradual reconstruction, by Mr. T. A. Lodge, A.R.I....

Patient aged 66 years, was admitted for splenomegaly grade III/IV, haematological hypersplenism and medium / large secondary anemia, diagnosed in the hematology clinic, where a myeloproliferative syndrome was denied. Was performed splenectomy, splenic lodge toilet and drainage. Histopathology was established the diagnosis of splenic sarcoidosis. Good postoperative evolution. Main issues discuss...

Results Major cross-national differences of legal regulations with relevance for clinical practice appeared for the following issues: basic conditions as well as additional criteria for involuntary admission, time periods of decision-taking, patients' right to lodge a complaint, the association between involuntary placement and treatment, regulations referring to specific involuntary treatment ...

The Academic Symposium to Evaluate Evidence Regarding the Efficacy of Trauma Systems was held at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington, on July 17 to 18, 1998. This symposium was held near the banks of the Columbia River by design. The river gorge was the very passage blazed by the courageous Lewis and Clark expedition, the purpose of which was to systematically map a course through uncharted...

The aluminium ring pulls associated with the latest designs of drinks cans can be relatively easily detached from their mounting on the top of the can and subsequently aspirated. Their small size predisposes them to lodge as foreign bodies (FBs) in the throat. The similarity of atomic number between soft tissue (7.5) and aluminium (13) makes detection of these FBs difficult on soft tissue radio...

DUNCROFT" is an approved school for girls for which the N.A.M.H. acts as trustee for the Home Office. The name is taken from the beautiful Jacobean house in which live up to 26 girls who are 1417 years of age on admission. This year the approved school was extended to include a contemporary specially designed hostel for a further eight girls, named Norman Lodge in honour of Lady Norman, who has...

J. A. De Toro,1,2,* J. P. Andrés,1 J. A. González,1 J. P. Goff,2 A. J. Barbero,1 and J. M. Riveiro1 1Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain 2Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom (Received 4 August 2004; revised manuscript received 9 September 2004; published 13 December 2004)

BACKGROUND Ingested foreign bodies (IFBs) are usually asymptomatic and are excreted uneventfully. IFBs become a major concern in elderly patients due to the increase number of diverticuloses where the foreign body can lodge and cause severe complications. CASE REPORT We report a case of an elderly patient who ingested a chicken bone that caused recurrent diverticulitis. CONCLUSIONS The diagnosi...

1 RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK 2 Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada 3 School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, 117 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada 4 Pierre Mineau Consulting, 124 Creekside Drive, Salt Spring Isl...

M. K. LAURENSON*†, R. A. NORMAN‡, L. GILBERT§, H. W. REID¶ and P. J. HUDSON†§ * CTVM, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK; † The Game Conservancy Trust, Upland Research Group, Crubenmore Lodge, Newtonmore, PH20 1BE, UK; ‡ Department of Computing Science and Mathematics, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK; § Institute of Biology, University of Stirli...